September Campaign: Life in the Land of a Thousand Hills
Rwanda is beautiful. But life in the Land of a Thousand Hills isn’t easy. Families often walk for hours, up and down mountains, just to collect dirty water from rivers. Here are the stories of two...
View ArticleSeptember Campaign: Water is Dieudonne’s Job
It takes more than pipes and pumps to make our water projects run in Rwanda. And those projects provide a lot more than water. They create jobs. Take Dieudonne, for instance–he has the tools, the...
View ArticleSeptember Campaign: The Clinic That Had Almost Everything
We’d never been to a health facility that offered rabbits to patients in need of a cuddle–until we visited Rwanda. At the clinic in Shyorongi, Donathile does her best without clean running water. But,...
View ArticleSneak peek: a redesigned campaign page
Have you ever had a project that you knew needed attention, but you never got around to it because it was just too daunting? Well for us, that’s been the mycharitywater.org campaign page. Thousands of...
View ArticleWorld Water Day 2013
Today is World Water Day. It’s a day when we can be thankful for the clean water coming out of our taps and turn the world’s attention to the 800 million people still living without access to clean...
View ArticleWe Still Need Your Help in Rwanda
For our September campaign last year, 13,782 people helped us raise money for Rwanda. We set a goal to raise $1.7 million, and thanks to all of you, we raised more than $2 million. Together, we funded...
View ArticleIntroducing… Yellow Thunder!
Thousands of you joined us last September and helped fund our first drilling rig. Then, in March, we were thrilled to share with you that the rig drilled its first well in Ethiopia! At charity: water,...
View ArticleJada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith get wise to water.
Everyone was anxious, anticipating. The charity: water team, hundreds of hopeful locals, Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith. We all watched as the first charity: water rig, Yellow Thunder, and the...
View ArticleRachel’s Mom Visits Ethiopia
Samantha, Rachel’s mother, in Ethiopia along with Rachel’s grandfather, Richard Exactly a year ago today, nine-year-old Rachel Beckwith was killed in a tragic car accident on highway I-90 near...
View ArticleRachel’s Gift. One Year Later.
Yesterday, on the one year anniversary of Rachel’s death, our staff took her mom and grandparents to Ethiopia to visit some of the 37,000 people Rachel helped. Watch the video: Rachel’s story. Tekloini...
View ArticleChipotle Challenge: Foiled
What happens when you hit up your boss for a donation to his own charity? Dani and Mohini found out: he makes a ridiculous request, and you comply with a smile. Two months into their mycharity: water...
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